Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Bob Parsons [Go Daddy CEO] Shooting an Elephant on Safari Nails the Worst Hunting Stereotypes

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Bob Parsons [Go Daddy CEO] Shooting an Elephant on Safari Nails the Worst Hunting Stereotypes

Click here to access article by Jamie Johnson from Vanity Fair.

Here is an example of how the America rich use their tax free dollars. How much of the estimated $500,000 plus that this excursion probably cost do you think will trickle down to you?

Last week, the impetuous billionaire and Go Daddy C.E.O. Bob Parsons placed himself at the center of an unusual public controversy. He posted a video on his Web site that shows him fatally shooting an elephant during a recent hunting excursion in Zimbabwe.

Jamie shows how rich Italians have their fun smashing expensive cars.